Local Sports

October 22, 2014

ST. MARYS â€“ Elk County Catholic volleyball remained undefeated on the season with a 3-0 win (25-9, 25-10, 25-17) victory over Ridgway Tuesday night at Elk County Catholic High School.
Elk County Catholic coach Diane Gies said she was pleased with the effort after the ECC Tournament on Saturday.

October 22, 2014

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Amy Geer

The Johnsonburg Ramettes won a match between two struggling teams on Tuesday night in the Wolvesâ€™ Den. Coach Bill Shueyâ€™s Ramettes won their third match of the season 3-1, (25-18, 25-21, 23-25 and 25-15) to spoil Kaneâ€™s Senior Recognition.

October 22, 2014

CLARION â€“Â The fifth-seeded Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders battled through wet and muddy conditions on Tuesday night at the Clarion Area High School to rally for a 3-2 victory over the fourth-seeded Clarion Lady Bobcats in the District 9 Class A quarterfinals.

October 21, 2014

It was a slow start and a nervous finish for Ridgway girls soccer.
Thankfully for the Lady Elkers, it was a happy ending and a chance to play another day.
Two Julie Alford goals were enough to propel Ridgway to a 2-1 win over Redbank Valley in the first round of the District 9 Class A girls soccer playoffs held at Francis S. Grandinetti Elementary School.
Ridgway will play at

October 18, 2014

Union may have had small numbers against Ridgway but their effort against the Elkers was anything but.
The Knights knocked Ridgway from the ranks of the unbeaten as Union defeated the Elkers 32-7 Friday night at Memorial Field in Ridgway.
"I give Union 100 percent credit," Ridgway coach Mark Heindl said. "They came ready to play and I take 100 percent of the fault here, I did not have my team ready to play. Next week's a new week. We live another day, we get ready for Curwensville."

October 18, 2014

KANE â€“Â The Elk County Catholic Crusader football team is making sure their fans get to see a little bit of everything this season. They started off the year with a couple of big shutout victories, added a few closer games, got their only loss to date out of the way, and most recently they have been rallying in the fourth quarter to come up with with some key victories.

October 17, 2014

Ridgway volleyball made Senior Night a happy one as the Lady Elkers rallied in all three sets for a 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-20) victory over Kane.
â€śIâ€™m so happy for them,â€ť Ridgway coach Janet Redmond said. â€śTo come back, all three games we were down by a lot. That just shows the determination. We got the ball up so we could have an offense. They worked. It was nice to get all the seniors in. Iâ€™m really proud of them. I wish them all the best in their future plans. Iâ€™m just so happy for them. We needed that because weâ€™ve been on a downslide a little bit.â€ť

October 16, 2014

Ridgway boys soccer lost 4-2 to Brookville Wednesday afternoon at Francis S. Grandinetti Elementary School.
Brookville took a 1-0 lead with 25 minutes left before adding another goal with 13:50 remaining as Gabe Peterson took a run past the Ridgway defense and weaved his way past Ridgway goalkeeper Phil Waddell for a tap-in goal and a 2-0 lead.